Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 161 / Wednesday, August 20, 2014 / Notices 49291 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by September 19, 

2014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Number: Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Small 

Business Programs; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0386. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 41. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 41. 

Average Burden per Response: 

Approximately 1 hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 41. 

Needs and Uses: DoD needs this 

information to improve administration 

under the small business subcontracting 

program and to evaluate a contractor’s 

past performance in complying with its 

subcontracting plan. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit entities and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number, and title for the Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other public 

submissions from members of the public 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing on the internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check http://www.regulations.gov 

approximately two to three days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 4800 

Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, East 

Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 

22350–3100. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19743 Filed 8–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, September 4, 2014, 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Ohio State University, 

Endeavor Center, 1862 Shyville Road, 

Piketon, Ohio 45661. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Simonton, Alternate Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, Post 

Office Box 700, Piketon, Ohio 45661, 

(740) 897–3737, Greg.Simonton@

lex.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 

• Approval of June Minutes 

• Deputy Designated Federal Officer’s 

Comments 

• Federal Coordinator’s Comments 

• Liaison’s Comments 

• Presentations 

• Administrative Issues 

Æ Annual Executive Planning and 

Leadership Training Session 

Update 

• Subcommittee Updates 

• Election of Chair and Vice Chair 

• Adoption of Fiscal Year 2015 Work 

Plan 

• Public Comments 

• Final Comments from the Board 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Portsmouth, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Greg 

Simonton at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the phone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Greg 

Simonton at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Greg Simonton at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://www.portsssab.energy.gov/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 13, 

2014. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19769 Filed 8–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Request for Information on Landscape 

Design for Sustainable Bioenergy 

Systems 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Request for Information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) invites public comment 

on its Request for Information (RFI) 

regarding Landscape Design for 

Sustainable Bioenergy Systems. The 

purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback 

from bioenergy stakeholders on 

landscape design approaches that 

integrate cellulosic bioenergy feedstock 

production into existing agricultural 

and forestry systems while maintaining 

or enhancing environmental and socioVerDate Mar<15>2010 16:44 Aug 19, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\20AUN1.SGM 20AUN1

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49292 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 161 / Wednesday, August 20, 2014 / Notices 

1For editorial reasons, upon codification in the 

U.S. Code, Part B was re-designated Part A. 

economic sustainability including 

ecosystem services and food, feed, and 

fiber production. 

DATES: Comments regarding the RFI 

must be received on or before 

September 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The RFI is available at 

https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Responses to the RFI and questions 

should be sent via email or email 

attachments to 

BETOLandscapeDesignRFI@ee.doe.gov. 

Further instructions can be found in the 

RFI document posted on EERE 

exchange. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy 

Technologies Office plans to support the 

continued increase of sustainably 

produced domestic bioenergy from 

renewable feedstocks. This Request for 

Information (RFI) is directed at 

landscape design approaches for 

integrating cellulosic bioenergy 

feedstock production into existing 

agricultural and forestry systems in a 

way that maintains or improves 

environmental sustainability— 

specifically, greenhouse gas mitigation, 

water quality, water quantity, soil 

quality, air quality, and biodiversity. 

‘‘Landscape design’’ refers to a spatially 

explicit plan for resource allocation and 

management that meets multiple 

desired objectives including 

environmental (maintains or enhances 

ecosystem services), social (is 

acceptable to relevant stakeholders), and 

economic (maintains or improves 

livelihoods and landowner 

profitability). DOE is seeking 

information on cost-effective, feasible 

approaches for testing the landscape 

design approach for increasing 

bioenergy feedstock production at a 

watershed, multi-landowner, or 

comparable spatial scale through a 

combination of modeling, data 

collection, field research, and 

engagement with landowners and other 

relevant stakeholders. DOE is 

specifically interested in information on 

appropriate experimental designs for 

assessing comprehensive environmental 

sustainability indicators, potential 

barriers to implementing landscape 

design, approaches for assessing needed 

feedstock logistic systems, and possible 

projects to test landscape design 

approaches for bioenergy systems on the 

landscape. 

This is solely a request for 

information and not a Funding 

Opportunity Announcement (FOA). 

EERE is not accepting applications for 

funding project proposals. 

Issued in Golden, CO, on August 14, 2014. 

Jonathan Male, 

Director, Bioenergy Technologies Office, 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19767 Filed 8–19–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. RF–038] 

Decision and Order Denying a Waiver 

to Felix Storch, Inc. (FSI) From the 

Department of Energy Residential 

Refrigerator and Refrigerator-Freezer 

Test Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Decision and Order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) gives notice of its decision 

and order (Case No. RF–038) denying 

Felix Storch, Inc. a waiver from the DOE 

electric refrigerator and refrigeratorfreezer test procedures used for 

determining the energy consumption of 

residential refrigerator-freezers for the 

basic models set forth in its petition for 

waiver. The decision and order 

continues to require that the currently 

applicable DOE test procedure be used 

when testing the company’s Keg Beer 

Coolers, Assisted Living Refrigeratorfreezers and Ultra-Compact Hotel 

Refrigerators. 

DATES: This Decision and Order is 

effective August 20, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mr. Bryan Berringer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Building Technologies 

Program, Mailstop EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–0371, Email: 

Bryan.Berringer@ee.doe.gov. 

Mr. Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–71, Forrestal Building, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0103. 

Telephone: (202) 586–8145. Email: 

Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR 430.27(l)), 

DOE gives notice of the issuance of its 

decision and order as set forth below. 

The decision and order denies Felix 

Storch, Inc. (FSI) a waiver from the 

applicable residential refrigerator and 

refrigerator-freezer test procedures 

found in 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, 

appendix A1 and appendix A for certain 

basic models of its Keg Beer Coolers, 

Assisted Living Refrigerator-freezers and 

Hotel Refrigerators and Ultra-Compact 

Hotel Refrigerators, as applicable. Under 

today’s decision and order, FSI must 

continue to use the applicable DOE test 

procedure found in 10 CFR part 430, 

subpart B, appendix A1 and appendix 

A. 

Distributors, retailers, and private 

labelers are held to the same standard 

when making representations regarding 

the energy efficiency of these products. 

42 U.S.C. 6293(c). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 13, 

2014. 

Kathleen B. Hogan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy 

Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

Decision and Order 

In the Matter of: Felix Storch, Inc. 

(FSI) (Case No. RF–038) 

I. Background and Authority 

Title III, Part B of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), 

Pub. L. 94–163 (42 U.S.C. 6291–6309, as 

codified) established the Energy 

Conservation Program for Consumer 

Products Other Than Automobiles, a 

program covering most major household 

appliances, which includes the 

residential electric refrigerators and 

refrigerator-freezers that are the focus of 

this notice.1 Part B includes definitions, 

test procedures, labeling provisions, 

energy conservation standards, and the 

authority to require information and 

reports from manufacturers. Further, 

Part B authorizes the Secretary of 

Energy to prescribe test procedures that 

are reasonably designed to produce 

results that measure energy efficiency, 

energy use, or estimated operating costs 

and not be unduly burdensome to 

conduct. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The test 

procedure for residential electric 

refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers is 

currently set forth in 10 CFR part 430, 

subpart B, appendix A1. That procedure 

will be superseded by a new Appendix 

A contained in the same part and 

subpart. Manufacturers are required to 

use Appendix A starting in September 

2014. 

The regulations set forth in 10 CFR 

430.27, which were recently amended, 

contain provisions that enable a person 

to petition DOE to obtain a waiver from 

the test procedure requirements for 

covered products. See 79 FR 26591 

(May 9, 2014) (revising 10 CFR 430.27, 

effective June 9, 2014). (DOE notes that 


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